Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.
A red brick Italianate mansion with Queen Anne features, built in 1888. The side is visible from Bundalohn Court, while the main front is behind flats facing Tennyson Street
Pladda was a large elaborate mansion on the corner of Tennyson and Dickins Street, built in 1890 and demolished c1977.
Hidden behind 1920s houses and flats near the corner of Tennyson and Milton Streets lies Ravelston.